Shadow And Bone

Victor Langford, rightful heir to the trillion-dollar Langford Consortium in the futuristic metropolis of Aurelia City, had everything—until betrayal shattered it all. Framed for embezzlement by his ruthless uncle Harlan, publicly humiliated and abandoned by his fiancée Isabella Voss, and coldly disowned by the family patriarch Reginald, Victor was cast into the rain-soaked streets of the Shadow Districts like worthless trash. Five years of exile forged him anew. The trusting young heir vanished; a cold, powerful man emerged—armed with hidden wealth, iron resolve, and a thirst for retribution that knows no mercy. Now Victor returns to Aurelia City’s glittering heart. Boardrooms will fall silent. Fortunes built on his ruin will crumble. His betrayers will kneel, beg, and regret—too late. In a city of towering neon spires and opulent estates overlooking endless night, the betrayed heir unleashes absolute vengeance. But as old flames plead and darker secrets rise, will revenge reclaim his empire… or destroy the last piece of his soul? The fall was cruel. The return is merciless. The vengeance is inevitable.

Moyong Ha-jun was the "Shield of the Moyong," a warrior who conquered the Northern Wastes and silenced the Ghost King to elevate his clan to glory. But a dog that grows too strong makes its master tremble. Under the guise of a mission in the Death Forest, Ha-jun is poisoned by his disciple and ambushed by the very Shadow Guard he once trained. He fights like a demon, but ultimately falls to his cousin’s blade, his body dismembered and burned to ash to erase his existence. However, Ha-jun’s rage is too potent for death to contain. As his bones turn to dust, the "Great Swordmaster System" answers his call, rewinding the fabric of time. Ha-jun wakes up in his fifteen-year-old body, decades before his execution. He retains the memories of every technique, every traitor, and the searing pain of the fire. Armed with a System that rewards ruthless "Blood-Debts," Ha-jun begins a new path. He will not be the shield this time. He will be the sword at their throats, and he will burn the Moyong Clan down, its root and stem.

The Thornton family made one fatal mistake: they assumed the man scrubbing their floors was actually who he pretended to be. For five years, Adrian Kane played the role of the worthless son-in-law. He delivered food for minimum wage. He wore the same three shirts. He endured mockery, abuse, and betrayal from the family who thought they were doing him a favor by letting him exist in their world. They called him worthless. A beggar. A parasite feeding off their success. They had no idea he was the exiled heir to the Kane Empire—a shadow conglomerate worth over $800 billion that secretly owned everything they thought they'd built, including the very company bearing their name. When Adrian finally signs the divorce papers, the mask comes off. The beggar becomes the king. And the Thorntons are about to learn that the man they treated like a dog owns the leash they've been wearing all along. Revenge isn't just sweet—it's a billion-dollar empire crushing everything in its path. They humiliated him for five years. He'll destroy them in five days.

Two years ago, the trillion dollar king of the Sterling Financial Empire vanished after a brutal assassination attempt on a mountain road, left to die by his unfaithful wife and treacherous family. He woke up with zero memories in the muddy gutters of the city slums, taken in by a kindly diner owner and his beautiful daughter Clara, who named him Marcus. For twenty four months, he lived as a quiet kitchen beggar, chopping onions and washing dirty plates. But when a ruthless loan shark and a corrupt young master slide into the slums to destroy his new home and force Clara into a dark fate, a brutal pipe strike to his head shatters the mental wall. The amnesiac beggar is dead. Christian Sterling has awakened. Armed with a single text message that can freeze entire national banking sectors in two minutes, and backed by a fiercely loyal elite security shadow team, the ultimate master begins his terrifying cold blooded comeback. They thought he was a bug under their shoes, but they are about to learn the true price of crossing a hidden god.

POV Kaelen For me, life is a constant challenge. I’m a werewolf, but I’ve been blind my whole life, which has made everything so much harder. Over time, thanks to my wolf instincts, I’ve developed my other senses to the point where I’ve become the best fighter in the pack. Not many people know me well; the only one who truly understands me is my best friend and Alpha, Chase. But despite my strength, I’m haunted by a fear worse than death: the possibility that, because of my condition, I’ll never be able to find or recognize my mate. Then, when I least expected it, while I was out in the human world, I caught a scent. I knew instantly it was her. I’ve started a difficult search to find her, but I’m terrified of what might happen. Will she understand what I am? Will she reject me? Or, like in my worst nightmares, will she just vanish like a shadow in the daylight?

When demon hunter Myles Cross is killed during a mission gone wrong, he expects hell—or worse. What he gets instead is an offer from the Lord of the Underworld himself. Reborn as the Hellborn, Myles becomes Hades’ last hope in a cosmic chess game where the Seven Trumpets—ancient relics powerful enough to trigger the apocalypse—have begun to surface. With one strapped to his wrist in the form of a mysterious watch, Myles must now face a brutal new reality: hunted by demons, betrayed by humans, and haunted by what he's becoming. As the Paragon—an elite faction sworn to exterminate all supernatural threats—capture him and question his existence, Myles finds an unlikely ally in the cold but conflicted Lieutenant Anna Storm. Together, they must survive assassins like the sadistic Kaelin, the shape-shifting shadow Nixx, and the monstrous Infernox. But as each trumpet awakens, the line between salvation and damnation blurs. And with his powers growing and his past life crumbling, Myles must decide— Is he the world’s last defense? Or its doom incarnate?

Ten years ago, Denzel Reddington was a surgical prodigy destined for greatness. Today, he’s a ghost—a nameless bouncer in the city’s grittiest district, hiding a blacklisted past and a sister dying of a mysterious curse. But the world doesn't know he carries the 9-Heaven System, a forbidden biological interface that allows him to see every nerve, every gate, and every weakness in the human frame. With a single touch, he can mend a shattered heart or turn a man’s blood into ice, all while maintaining the mask of a common thug. The status quo shatters when Denzel saves the life of the city’s most powerful CEO, plunging him back into the gilded world that framed his father and destroyed his name. From the high-stakes operating rooms of the elite to the brutal underground pits of the Apostle Syndicate, Denzel must choose: remain a shadow to stay safe, or become the God-Hand to get even. In a city ruled by corporate gods, Denzel isn't just playing doctor anymore—he’s coming to dismantle their empire, one biological gate at a time.

Alex Chen mops TechNova’s office’s polished floors in the busy heart of New York City. He is just another nameless janitor to the busy workers who are hurrying by, someone to be laughed at or ignored. They are unaware that a man of extraordinary power and influence lies beneath this simple guise. Alex was raised to be a leader because he was the heir to the old Phoenix Clan. In any case, a severe fight for control constrained him in banishment, abandoning all that he knew, including Elena, the lady he cherished. In the mountains of Tibet, Alex studied under a reclusive healer for years, becoming an expert in both martial arts and medicine. In the shadows, he fabricated the Shadow Circle, a secret network so huge and compelling that even New York's most remarkable figures murmur its name in wonder. Alex has since returned to take back what is his. Elena is involved in a relationship with Nicholas Vega, the ruthless heir of the Scorpion Syndicate, as the rival Syndicate's hold on Chinatown has grown. Covering his real character, Alex carries on with an apparently typical life as a janitor while plotting his vengeance.

When betrayal forced Elias Voss into hiding, keeping his actual identity as the legendary doctor away from the world, and settling down with Amara Blake, an ambitious physician, quietly pulling her hands up to the top of her career, solving medical problems in secret, and even protecting her from the consequences of her mistakes. But the moment Amara felt she was bigger than his dream, deciding she didn't want to settle for a man without dream, she filed a divorce wanting the marriage quit. "I can't continue with this marriage, Elias," Her tone was ice. "We're not compatible anymore." Elias was heartbroken, but she'd made her choice, so he's not going to stay where he's not wanted. Elias signed the divorce paper and walked away, quitting every help for her, and when everything began to fall apart around her, Amara knew something badly off. When Elias finally stepped out from the shadow, she knew the man she divorced wasn't ordinary.

O Bored Prowler of the white pages stained in dark ink. Do ye tire and lose interest in the scrolls of endless writers that tell the dry tales of Systems? Of modern men who traverse through time and space to arrive in fantastical worlds where they achieve naught but baseless journeys? Of tasteless worlds with no intrigue, failing to grasp thy mind? If that be the case, hearken unto me, O Prowler! Let me appeal to thy desire for adventure and darkness, bringing thee into the world of LEASTRIA, where ye shall follow the story of foul men born from distorted shadow! Where selfish Stars toy with fate from their Odd Demesnes! Where the Enlightened, the Sorcerers, the Cradlers and the Genuine Accursed roam and rend the Sheltered Lands with their obscene lust and greed! Where ye shall follow the story of the Cursed Child as he seeks ‘The Bringing’ and rises from meagrehood to significance under thy eyes. Hearken unto my voice and begin this tale, if ye fear not to prowl in Mythology. Do ye dare, O Prowler, to be lost in true Fantasy? ---------------- I will be posting this story on Royal Road under the name Shade Arjuun